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@OceanStWx What's the deal with SLSN3 now? We used to get the automated 15 or so minute obs, but now it's strictly just a COOP with a morning climo report? What is the 24hr time period for them? 7am or is it 5z? I used to compare my w.e. with them in synoptic events, but it's hard now for events that cross 5z since I end my day at that time. I'd see if it was on the raw COOP monthly reports online, but yeah, shutdown.

I’ve come to your dark side. Lots of snow? Great. None at all? Even better.

Mehdoki?

Ray will flip his lid when he sees this thread.

NAM trended a little warmer aloft at 12z. Euro was about 0.50" frozen (SN/IP) here with Rangeley pushing 0.75".

Just a trend toward more CAD. GFS has less snow. We’ll wait for 12z.

NAM is a lot of snow here. Ugh. I guess the break is coming to an end abruptly.

lol...you should head down here in Naples for the game today. http://www.foxborotavern.com/

Jesus. What are you doing down there? What town are you in?

lol...the truck doesn't bother me so much. Like you said, the 2" of fluff blows off before a cop can see you driving with it. The problem is clearing my path to and around the coop and in the run. It's just a PITA. I'd rather have a 10" storm every 2 weeks and snowblow through it once.

Was 31.2°-32.5° all night. I see even Gene mixed out to near 40°. Getting the cold fropas in the early night is bad timing in these CAD situations. We get a few breaks aloft, but that just enhances the radiational cooling while everyone above 1000’ is clearing their walkways with 40s with matching dews. Hopefully the sun can do a little bit of damage today.

I89 is a death trap...ice or no ice. It’s like that I93 stretch from Canobie to MHT.

31.9F...high was 32.2F. Warmth fail today. Hopefully we can do some damage to this ice rink tomorrow.

32.0F with -RA We've been rotting between 31.9-32.1 for hours now as the atmosphere is latently confused.

Yup...31° -FZRA

The mid level cold air is definitely putting up a fight up there.

0.4” snow/sleet. All sleet and freezing rain now. Up to 28.8°.

Great great great grandpa Legro is disappointed. He would say mare's tails and mackerel scales make tall ships take in their sails.

ice crystals...it's the METAR code for diamond dust

Although looking again, it's hard to tell from the stream if the full image is "glittery" or if it's pixels bouncing around. I see wx2fish lurking...he probably has more experience with it up in far N NH.

I think it's just upslope squeezing out every last bit of moisture out of the air. At some point it becomes hard to differentiate though. I've seen true IC though and although they slowly fall, they almost appear suspended and glittery when the sun hits them versus regularly falling snowflakes. Technically diamond dust (IC) is just a cirrus cloud at ground level just like how fog is a cloud at ground level. A cirrus cloud is a precipitating cloud so IC do slowly fall to the surface. And since they are a cirrus cloud, you get all of the same parhelia and halo effects from the morning sun.

Do people still believe in the GFS after 7 y/o?

25F -SHSN